Kids Martial Arts as Conflict Resolution Training

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By Jennilyn Nelson Easily one of the most common questions parents of prospective students ask me is: “Will martial arts make my child violent?”. A fully valid question, given the slanted coverage Western media gives to martial arts, and a question I’m always more than happy to answer with a confident “No.”   Where do… Read more »

Martial Arts for Our Youth

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Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Jennilyn Nelson, Youth Power Instructor “Three things you should hold and keep. The first is mercy for from mercy come’s courage. The second is frugality from which comes generosity to others and third is humility for from it comes leadership” Think of any kids’ martial arts film and freeze-frame the first image… Read more »

Does Qigong Work?

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An overview of the science supporting the art Qigong, Tai Chi Ch’uan, Bagua, Hsing-I and Yichuan are all facets of the Internal Arts and are known for their health enhancing effects. Though they are all related and have similar effects, for simplicities sake we will refer to them as qigong for the remainder of this… Read more »